Dangerously low on space

I'm Lyra, she/her. Old enough to be in grad school ✌️ Part of me is sad, all the other parts are confused I like animation, books, and videogames.

[tripp-pants-sora]

time to break this out again

[sndwave]

the mythbusters once tested "herding cats" and at one point they brought in a proper trained herding dog and the poor dogs face when the first cat responds to his herding with swipes and aggression is to look at her human and go 😰 the sheep is broken?? what do i do boss??

[sonandheirofnothinginparticular]

[justnoodlefishthings]

DELTARUNE CHAPTER 5 ON JUNE 24

[rslashrats]

[bemusedlybespectacled]

[homoquartz]

i’ve warmed up significantly towards the concept of small talk ever since i learned that its sole purpose is to make friendly noises.

as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now.”

small talk isn’t to get to know a person. it’s just a greeting to affirm you’re buddies in the universe.

i am motivated by wanting the other person to know i am friendly, so i have gotten pretty decent at small talk when i used to hate it.

[piratedgender]

[sailorbrazil]

thursday..... and i bet you wish you were her

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[carnelianfoxx]

it’s been an honor serving with you all

[carnelianfoxx]

wait what the fuck

[catboybeebop]

[discreet45]

[fiztheancient]

i cant believe there are people who still havent seen this video

[jerkstorecalling]

I could probably recite this entire video, word-for-word, on demand.

[toolusingmammalgirl]

Goddamn, this is nearly thirty years old and it fits like a glove into contemporary shitpost cadence and aesthetics, this is High Art

[sm1j-deactivated20260310]

“that’s right

we’ll fuck your wife”

[quackatomic]

IT BETTER NOT BOUNCE OR YOU’RE A DEAD MOTHERFUCKER

[notmusa]

holy shit this was made the year i was born

[kunaigirl]

ALWAYS REBLOG BIG BILL HELL’S CARS!

[decomposedmaw]

Pixel post dividers for everyone! It's not much, but feel free to use them if you'd like. I don't know the ideal size for these, so let me know if they're too tall. I can make them a bit shorter next time.

[tsvetayevaismymum]

[vvenli]

[bladeebjork]

funniest part about rewatching early tlok is how asami’s dad got mad at her for dating a firebender, whole time her soulmate is the mf avatar master of all elements

[fluffygif]

Ipnotico

[brunhiddensmusings]

the music is almost as good as that visual

[catawampuscreations-deactivated]

Turn the sound on! You will not be disappointed, people!

[darth-tella]

FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING GOOD, UNMUTE!!!!

[ihateuverymuch]

n years later this is still one of my favorite videos

[hatosyscurls]

it's Ryland Grace's own damn fault for hearing there was a ship named Hail Mary slated for a one-way trip into space and not immediately clocking that it was gonna be "full of Grace" whether he wanted it or not

[demilypyro]

Girl who hasn't relaxed once in the last decade plays Wanderstop

[demilypyro]

I will grow stronger from this trial.

[kingofdoma]

You have NO CLUE how funny you just were

[demilypyro]

I will grow stronger from this trial.

[demilypyro]

Once I finish this mandatory relaxation and recovery period I can get back to what really matters: calculable forward progress